Python Tutorial Was: Guido's regrets: filter and map

[Michael Hudson]

grante at visi.com (Grant Edwards) writes:

> In the case of reduce:
> 
>   sum = reduce(operator.add, valueList)
> 
> How is that expressed any better with a list comprension?

It's not.  It's better expressed as a for loop, though.  The for loop
might well be quicker, too (cue Alex proving me wrong :).

Cheers,
M.

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